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Al Cowens played 13 major-league seasons (1974-1986) as a OF (1,477), 3B (7). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 13 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 23 | KCA | 110 | 269 | 28 | 65 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 23 | 38 | .242 | .589 | 71 |
| 1975 | 24 | KCA | 120 | 328 | 44 | 91 | 4 | 42 | 12 | 28 | 36 | .277 | .742 | 110 |
| 1976 | 25 | KCA | 152 | 581 | 71 | 154 | 3 | 59 | 23 | 26 | 50 | .265 | .639 | 88 |
| 1977 | 26 | KCA | 162 | 606 | 98 | 189 | 23 | 112 | 16 | 41 | 64 | .312 | .885 | 139 |
| 1978 | 27 | KCA | 132 | 485 | 63 | 133 | 5 | 63 | 14 | 31 | 54 | .274 | .707 | 99 |
| 1979 | 28 | KCA | 136 | 516 | 69 | 152 | 9 | 73 | 10 | 40 | 44 | .295 | .753 | 103 |
| 1980 | 29 | CAL|DET | 142 | 522 | 69 | 140 | 6 | 59 | 6 | 49 | 61 | .268 | .684 | 88 |
| 1981 | 30 | DET | 85 | 253 | 27 | 66 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 22 | 36 | .261 | .667 | 93 |
| 1982 | 31 | SEA | 146 | 560 | 72 | 151 | 20 | 78 | 11 | 46 | 81 | .270 | .800 | 117 |
| 1983 | 32 | SEA | 110 | 356 | 39 | 73 | 7 | 35 | 10 | 23 | 38 | .205 | .584 | 60 |
| 1984 | 33 | SEA | 139 | 524 | 60 | 145 | 15 | 78 | 9 | 27 | 83 | .277 | .747 | 105 |
| 1985 | 34 | SEA | 122 | 452 | 59 | 120 | 14 | 69 | 0 | 30 | 56 | .265 | .761 | 106 |
| 1986 | 35 | SEA | 28 | 82 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | .183 | .441 | 20 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | OF | 102 | 64 | 151 | 13 | 2 | 2 |
| 1974 | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1975 | OF | 113 | 83 | 214 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 1976 | OF | 148 | 145 | 329 | 13 | 5 | 3 |
| 1977 | OF | 159 | 150 | 307 | 14 | 6 | 1 |
| 1978 | OF | 127 | 123 | 275 | 10 | 3 | 5 |
| 1978 | 3B | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 1979 | OF | 134 | 132 | 288 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | OF | 137 | 136 | 263 | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| 1981 | OF | 83 | 64 | 166 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | OF | 145 | 143 | 280 | 14 | 4 | 1 |
| 1983 | OF | 70 | 61 | 124 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 1984 | OF | 130 | 123 | 228 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | OF | 110 | 109 | 198 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
| 1986 | OF | 19 | 17 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Al Cowens won: Gold Glove 1977 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (1 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1977.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 217 / 392 | 4 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.